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Dubai, as far as I've heard, has no oil left. It's tourism, finance and other industries unrelated. So in that sense haven't they?

• jdhawk 6y ago
  and shipping, so much shipping
• prepend 6y ago
  Seems like Dubai has 4 billion barrels of reserves [0]. Not as much as they once did and much less than Abu Dhabi. But still quite a few years worth of oil left. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_the_United_Ara...
  • ArkVark 6y ago
    For the UAE overall crude oil makes up 28% of exports: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates#/media/File:United_Arab_Emirates_Exports_Treemap_2017.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_Arab_Emi... and Refined petroleum 15% If you want to see an Arab country that has run out of oil, look at Yemen.
    • prepend 6y ago
      My understanding is that Yemen has lots of reserves at 8 billion barrels [0] but never really produced or imported. So aren’t they a better example of never oil rather than once had oil? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Yemen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Yemen